[IRCA] Skywave noise

["Craig Healy" <bubba@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

The overall noise level has increased significantly in the past couple of
decades.  This noise will propagate just like a radio station.  Since it
comes from every direction, it really can't be nulled.  Other than putting a
BOG at the end of a peninsula aimed straight out to sea, there's no killing
it.

Is anyone in a very quiet area daytime that notices the overall noise floor
increase substantially after sunset?  Say at an unused frequency like
495KHz?

This may be a factor in why weak DX stations simply aren't heard like they
were in years past.

Anyone know the next scheduled major blackout?  (grin)

Craig Healy
Providence, RI


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